DTX950K

The Best of Both Worlds - We’ve combined our expertise in acoustic drums with our latest digital sound technology to create the new Yamaha DTX900 Series Electronic Drum System featuring the new DTX-PAD with Textured Cellular Silicone head.

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Yamaha DTX900 Series – The One to Beat

We've combined our expertise in acoustic drums with our latest digital sound technology to create the new Yamaha DTX900 Series Electronic Drum System. Yamaha designed its innovative new DTX-PAD featuring a Textured Cellular Silicone (TCS) head with input from the company's legendary stable of drum artists. Utilizing sound technology from the highly acclaimed Motif XS and DSP effects from our high-end digital mixers, the DTX950K Drum Trigger Module has professional sounds that bring your drumming to life. The DTX900 Series lets you express yourself without thinking about the fact you are playing electronic drums, but it has all the advantages of a completely digital system.

For quiet practice, playing live or as a controller for VST instruments, the revolutionary new T.C.S. head's playability and feel combined with Yamaha's acclaimed digital sound technology, make the Yamaha DXT900 Series Electronic Drums the one to beat.

I use my (customized) Yamaha DTX950 for everything. Rock, country, classics, Pop. I play in a variety of working bands and I never know what I might need. From a huge 80's hair metal kit to a tight, funky kit to an electronica kit to congas and timbales, my kit can cover it all. With built in sampler and sequencer I can add in anything else I may need.

I have used this kit in small clubs and huge rooms, everywhere from 50 - 2000 people, both indoor and outdoor. It always sounds good and sound engineers love me. I can separate the drums or give them a stereo signal, so the module is flexible enough for any situation. The module has a bit of a learning curve, but it has complete control over the sound of the drums.

The only thing I wish Yamaha would offer is some variety in looks. The black is nice, but I would like some other options, maybe even something with the ability to change the finish (something shell-like). The capabilities and playability of the kit is worth not having that option, though.

For an acoustic drummer concerned about losing feel with electronics, these drums are a fantastic choice. The pads feel really good, the snare and toms are designed to respond differently to bounce, which is great.

I wish there was an easier way to keep the pad/cymbal wires bundled and ideally out of sight - maybe routed inside the rack? The provided bundler is really hard to feed the wires into. The ideal would be for it all to be wireless,and offer it as a retrofit, perhaps with a small dongle that plus into the existing jacks of the pads.

One other thing that I really wish for would be purpose-built cases to carry the pads, cymbals and especially the rack. I currently stuff the pads and cymbals in regular drum cases, but they need to be bolstered to keep from getting banged up against each other.